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My life as a child living under Israeli Military Occupation

with

Janna Jihad

**A light lunch will be served at 12:30 p.m. Talk begins promptly at 1:00 p.m.

Thirteen-year old Janna Jihad from the village of Nabi Saleh in the West Bank is the youngest officially registered journalist in the world and on a speaking tour in the US. She began her journalism at the age of seven, following the Israeli killing of two family members, and now has a global following. She has received international awards for her media role in covering the daily struggle of Palestinians living under Israeli military occupation and serves as the ambassador of the Palestinian Children’s initiative “2 Suns Shamsaan”. Her talk will be preceded by an introduction by Miko Peled.